Canada Day Parade in Sherwood Park

Drum Major Sgt Pat Stoyko

After a long hiatus, the Strathcona Pipes and Drums were on display in
public for the Sherwood Park Canada Day Parade. The day started out
promising with just a light rain, which quickly turned into a deluge.
Once the band took position at the head of the parade we stepped off to
provide the skirl of the pipes and the beat of the drum to the populace
of Sherwood Park. As we made the first turn onto the parade route the
wind kicked in, causing the Band to assume the safety squint in order to
maintain visibility. The entire Band then gained 15 pounds each as we
were lashed with wind and rain. All in all the parade was a positive
experience for us as we gained experience marching as a formed body,
even though the Drum Major had issues with water pooling within his
gauntlets. Despite all of this, the Band won the Best Musical Entry for
2012, an accomplishment we can be proud of. Now that we have dried out,
the Band has also completed playing in Calgary at Spruce Meadows from
6-8 July. With more appearances comes more confidence, which will be
good as some of our members such as myself are quite inexperienced to
this sort of display.

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